Kristi Sawyer

0+4 Student I graduated from Newcastle University with a BSc in Pharmacology in 2016, having undertaken a year at GlaxoSmithKline as part of my degree. My final research project was undertaken on an ERASMUS grant at The Pasteur Institute, in Paris. I chose to...
Lena Böhme

Lena Böhme

1+3 Student Before coming to London, I studied Molecular Medicine in Bonn (B.Sc.) and Berlin (M.Sc.), which has equipped me with background knowledge in a variety of subjects and allowed me to get hands-on experience through rotations in different labs. I decided to...
Joanna Bartnicka

Joanna Bartnicka

1+3 Student In 2016 I was awarded a B.Sc. in Molecular Genetics at King’s College London, with a year abroad at the University of Melbourne. During my undergraduate course I became interested in cancer genetics and immunology and have completed a few research...
James Opzoomer

James Opzoomer

0+4 Student I graduated with a B.Sc in Biochemistry from McGill University in 2014, undertaking research placements in the labs of Prof. Benny Chain at UCL and Prof. Hidde Ploegh at MIT. Following this, I spent a year working at the biotech company DNA Electronics in...
Hannah Jones

Hannah Jones

1+3 Student I graduated from Durham University with a BSc in Biological Sciences before moving to London to begin the MRC DTP at King’s. My undergraduate degree included a placement year spent at Cambridge Research Biochemicals, who specialise in the production of...
Huzefa Rupawala

Huzefa Rupawala

1+3 Student In 2016, I graduated from King’s College London with a Neuroscience BSc. Having undertaken several laboratory-based projects in the field of Neuroscience over the last three years, I developed a keen interest in the field of neurobiology and understanding...
Emma Kinnaird

Emma Kinnaird

1+3 Student After originally studying English at Oxford University, I graduated from Glasgow University with an MSc in Psychological Studies in 2015. I developed an interest in academic research after spending time as a summer research student at Imperial College...
Emily Hanton

Emily Hanton

1+3 Student I graduated from the University of Leeds in 2016 with a BSc in Medical Sciences. During my time at Leeds I carried out an 8-week final year research project into the role of reactive oxygen species and TRPM2 channels in cancer cell migration, and undertook...
Eilidh MacNicol

Eilidh MacNicol

Pathway Journey Characterising structural and functional brain changes associated with healthy ageing using longitudinal MRI in rats. Biography My PhD research as part of the MRC DTP used MRI to identify changes in brain networks related to healthy ageing. During this...
Dominic Oliver

Dominic Oliver

Pathway Journey PhD Project: Improving prediction of psychosis risk • Performed first international replication and first implementation study for transdiagnostic risk calculator for psychosis • Developed, digitally implemented and piloted novel multivariate...
Deniz Kent

Deniz Kent

1+3 Student I did my undergraduate degree in Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of Bristol, during which I spent a year on placement at GlaxoSmithKline. Whilst my research background was primarily immunology based, since joining the DTP I have done two...
Emily Boorman

Emily Boorman

1+3 Student I graduated from the University of Westminster with a BSc in cognitive neuroscience in 2016. During my studies, I opted to undertake an additional year on placement where I worked at King’s College London as a researcher on a project to understand the...